Washington
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, April 8, 1914 Wea [Weather]
Stormy
Cloudy & warm with a succession of
very heavy showers.
  2 Cardinals singing finely at daybreak.
Flickers, a Tufted Tit & a Chippy [Chipping Sparrow] heard
later. Fish Crows heard occasionally.
  To Dr. Casteel's at 9. He worked on
my teeth 2 hours. I then went to
Cosmos Club, lunched there & was back
at the dentist's by 2. He filled another
tooth & then took out a "bridge"
put in seven years ago by Dr. Allen
& in bad shape having worked loose.
The operation of removing it was rather
trying. Because of all this strain on
my nerves and of the
further distress occasioned by a 
heavy cold I did not get to the
A.O.U. [American Ornithologists' Union] meeting at all to-day.
After leaving the dentist's office 
at 3.30 I spent an hour at the 
Cosmos & then returned to Ontario.
Nelson called on me this eve & stayed
over an hour.
Washington
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, April 9, 1914 Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear & cool with fresh N.W. [northwest]
wind. Dandelions in bloom everywhere.
Many trees & shrubs green with 
unfolding leaves.
  The city literally swarms with
Purple Grackles. They have multiplied
exceedingly within past few years &
are as familiar as Starlings in England
alighting freely on house tops, piazza
roofs etc and nesting on ivy-clad 
walls. I see them everywhere
between the White House & the Ontario.
  To Cosmos at 9 A.M. Council met 
there at 9.30. Full attendance.
Spirited discussion of amendments
permitting members to vote and
requesting nominations for Fellows etc.
Business meeting followed, 22 present.
I left at 12.30 & went to dentists
where I had 2 teeth filled. Back to
Cosmos for lunch at 2. First meeting
Nom. Com. [Committee on Classification and Nomenclature] bird room Nat. Mus. [United States National Museum] in
P.M. I was there 3-4.30. Met
Alice Stone & Miss Mays on F St.
Spent evening at Ontario